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Tony Sagami: I visited the southern China province of Canton last week. And while I ate my share of delicious Cantonese food — like char sui, jook sing noodles and mantis shrimp — I wasn’t there just to feed my face. Read more…

Sean Geary: The Shanghai Composite dropped 1.4% overnight as the Chinese economy (NYSEARCA:FXI) digested news that the country may consider tightening monetary policy in order to stem inflation and economic news from overseas disappointed. Read more…

Stocks suffered their first substantial round of losses in weeks yesterday, as a negative reaction to the Fed’s last policy meeting gave traders a good excuse to sell and lock in profits from the current uptrend. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite declined 1.2% and 1.5% respectively. Blue chips held up the best, as the Dow Read more…

China is wiping the floor with the United States on the global economic stage, and most Americans are so clueless that they have absolutely no idea what is happening. The number one global economic Read more…

Because our model ETF and stock portfolios are already holding a significant number of open positions, and the major indices are a bit extended in the near-term, we are not looking for new swing trade entries going into today’s session. However, today’s technical trading commentary will cover a few ETFs Read more…

Jeff Uscher:Following three-and-a-half years of government marked by scandal, incompetence and hesitation in the face of a natural disaster, voters in Sunday’s election in Japan voted in a new party. Read more…

When it comes to ETFs versus mutual funds, we all know that the difference, at least the primary difference, is that ETFs are traded on an exchange. Now, that can be an advantage, but it could also quickly turn into disadvantage if Read more…

Jim Trippon: China’s outgoing president, Hu Jintao, made a wide-ranging speech at the Communist Party Congress, which outlined much of what the country’s economic agenda will be going forward. Hu highlighted the need for China to expand its domestic market, along Read more…

Jim Trippon: After the tantalizing improvement in China’s economy signaled by September’s numbers, the good news for China continued. October’s numbers showed a further rise in economic activity, as the country begins to emerge from what had been a persistent slowing of growth. Read more…

They say opposites attract, but I’ve noticed, oftentimes, after marriage, opposite partners clash. The problem seems to stem from each trying to get the other to become more like them. Such is the case with Brazil and China, tied together by economics Read more…

Steven Orlowski: Jim O’Neill, Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and the legend behind the BRIC acronym (Brazil, Russia, India and China), made headlines this week proclaiming the time to get back into China investments is now. Read more…